Spencer Bachus: “There was an article on the front page of the Washington Post on Monday, and it says, ``Oil money is fueling Sudan's…”

“There was an article on the front page of the Washington Post on Monday, and it says, ``Oil money is fueling Sudan's war''. It goes on to say that Arab is killing non-Arab or African and Muslims are killing Christians. But one thing is in common, and that is that, and it says, Nile Blend crude is fueling this entire war. It talks about the four oil companies that are in Sudan drilling for oil, turning the proceeds of that development over to the government. The government is hiring guns and arms and airplanes and helicopter gunships, and they are bombing the people of Sudan. The quote in that article is the fighting follows the oil. If you can stop the oil revenue, you have a chance at stopping the fighting. That is exactly what this amendment does.”